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• 07:00

  Registration opens

• 08:00-8:10

  Welcome Remarks

  Moderators: Alisha Mavis, Udeme Ekong

• 08:10-9:25

  Session 1:
  Non-hepatoblastoma Liver Tumors (ILTS Sponsored Session)

  Moderators: Catherine Chapin, Adam Griesemer

• 08:10-08:25

  Through the lens of the oncologist

  Peng Wu 

• 08:25-08:40

  Through the lens of the hepatologist

  Anna Peters 

• 08:40-08:55

  Robotic tumor resection

  Jason Hawksworth 

• 08:55-09:10

  Liver transplantation

  Blayne Sayed

• 09:10-09:25

  Panel Discussion

• 09:25-10:00

  Session 2:
  PFEP: Expanding the footprint and reaching more families

  Moderators: Jody Weckwerth, Melissa Semp

• 09:25-09:40

  PFEP chair address

  Brittany Munn & Emma Long

• 09:40-09:55

  Patient/Family 

  Neshea Harrison

• 09:55-10:00

  Questions

• 10:00-10:15

  Coffee Break

• 10:15-11:45

  Session 3:
  Rare Diseases that Benefit from Liver Transplantation

  Moderators: Jonathan Merola, Marie-Eve Chartier

• 10:15-10:35

  WolcottRallisonSyndrome(WRS) - New concepts

  Amrita Narang

• 10:35-10:50

  Budd Chiari Syndrome - Hematologic considerations

  Yaser Diab

• 10:50-11:10

  Budd Chiari Syndrome - Peri and post-operative considerations

  Nada Yazigi

• 11:10-11:30

  Protein C deficiency - Peri and post-operative considerations

  Greg Tiao

• 11:30-11:45

  Panel Discussion

• 11:45-13:00

  Lunch Break

• 12:00-13:00

  Breakout 1A - Fellows

• 12:00-13:00

  Informal networking lunch

  Amy Feldman, Jim Squires, Catherine Chapin

• 12:00-13:00

  Breakout 1B - Multi Disciplinary/Registry Lunch Breakout

• 12:00-13:00

  This breakout is intended for all members of the SPLIT Multi-Disciplinary Professionals Committee. Time for networking and a brief registry update

  Jessica Hollenback

• 13:00-14:15

  Session 4:
  Can we do more to decrease wait time of children on the liver transplant list?

  Moderators: Beau Kelly, Caroline Lemoine

• 13:00-13:15

  Split and Domino Liver Transplantation

  Gabriel Gondolesi

• 13:15-13:30

  Paired liver exchange transplant

  Megan Adams (Recording)

• 13:30-13:45

  Normothermic Machine Perfusion of extended criteria organs

  Alexander Kroemer

• 13:45-14:00

  Panel Discussion

• 14:00-14:10

  Coffee Break

• 14:10-15:10

  Breakout 2A - Training the Future of Transplantation

  Moderators: Anna Banc-Husu, Nicolas Goldaracena

• 14:10-14:25

  The power of SPLIT-initiated research: Live Vaccines in an Era of Measles Outbreaks

  Amy Feldman

• 14:25-14:40

  Pediatric or Transplant Surgery: Which comes first and does apprenticeship play a role?

  Kyle Soltys

• 14:40-15:10

  Panel Discussion

  Jim Squires, Sara Rasmussen

• 14:10-15:10

  Breakout 2B - Multi-Disciplinary 

  Moderators: Julia Clayton, Megan Fasler, Jessica Hollenbeck

• 14:10-14:30

  Antibody mediated rejection: Reviewed the basics

  Dana Mannino (Recording)

• 14:30-14:50

  Ethics of substance use/risky behaviors/ingestions in pediatric liver transplant

  Jill Plevinsky and Stephen Molitor

• 14:50-15:10

  Panel Discussion

• 15:10-15:15

  Regroup

• 15:15-16:50

  Session 5:
  Metabolic Disease: To Transplant or Not to Transplant

  Moderators: Nanda Kerkar, Cataline Jaramillo

• 15:15-15:30

  The changing face of metabolic disease – is the future in transplantation?

  Kimberly Chapman

• 15:30-15:45

  Urea cycle disease clinical trials

  Andrea Gropman

• 15:45-16:00

  The parental perspective

  Hoanh Nguyen

• 16:00-16:15

  When liver transplantation is required

  Tom Fishbein

• 16:15-16:30

  Protein C deficiency - Hematologic considerations

  Gary Kupfer

• 16:30-16:50

  Panel Discussion

• 16:50-17:30

  Session 6:
  SPLIT Committee Highlights

  Moderators: Nanda Kerkar, Cataline Jaramillo

• 16:50-17:00

  Latest from reserach and P&P

  Pamela Valentino

• 17:00-17:15

  UNOS Changes and the Impact on Kids

  Amber Hildreth

• 17:15-17:30

  Discussion

• 17:30-19:30

  Welcome Reception & Poster Session

• 07:00

  Registration opens

• 08:00-08:05

  Welcome Remarks
  

  Moderators: Jody Weckwerth, Udeme Ekong

• 08:05-09:50

  Session 7:
  Rare Diseases that Benefit from Liver Transplantation (Part 2)

  Moderators: Naresh Shanmugam, George Mazariegos

• 08:05-08:25

  Immunodeficiencies and liver transplantation - The Hepatologists' perspective

  Dino Hadzic

• 08:25-08:40

  Immunodeficiencies and liver transplantation - Clinical considerations from the BMT

  Paul Szabolcs

• 08:40-09:00

  Hematologic disorders in liver disease - The Translational research perspective

  Matthew McConnell

• 09:00-09:15

  Hematologic disorders in liver disease - Sickle cell disease

  Bernadette Vitola

• 09:15-09:35

  Hematologic disorders in liver disease - Liver transplantation in sickle cell disease

  Pamela Valentino

• 09:35-09:50

  Panel Discussion

• 09:50-10:45

  Session 8:
  Intestinal Failure Associated Liver Disease

  Moderators: Bridget Whitehead, Katryn Furuya

• 09:50-10:05

  Important nutritional aspects of intestinal failure

  Batul Kaj-Carbaidwala

• 10:05-10:20

  Intestinal failure associated liver disease - New concepts

  Yoyo Zhang

• 10:20-10:35

  Intestinal failure associated liver disease - Transplant considerations

  Gabriel Gondolesi

• 10:35-10:45

  Panel Discussion

• 10:45-11:00

  Coffee Break

• 11:00-12:00

  Session 9:
  Oral Abstract Presentations & Travel Awards

  Moderators: Alisha Mavis, Evelyn Hsu

• 11:00-11:10

  Abstract 1: A thin echogenicity at the anterior aspect of the right portal vein may help distinguish between biliary atresia and Alagille Syndrome

  Tebyan Rabbani & Ashley Upton

• 11:10-11:20

  Abstract 2: Enhanced outcomes in living donor left lateral hepatectomy for pediatric transplantation: transition to a robotic platform at a high-volume center

  Nathaly Llore

• 11:20-11:30

  Abstract 3: PARTNER AD3vance (PAtient-centered Research in pediatric TransplaNt – Engaging families and Recipients – ADolescent and young ADult ADvisors)

  Jim Squires

• 11:30-11:40

  Abstract 4: Citizenship-based disparities in pediatric liver transplant survival following Medicaid expansion

  Yusuf Ciftci

• 11:40-11:50

  Q&A

• 11:50-12:00

  Travel Awards

• 12:00-12:45

  Session 10:
  SPLIT President Update/Summary/Closing Remarks 

• 12:00-12:30

  SPLIT President update - all Committees 

  Manuel Rodriguez

• 12:30-12:45

  Summary and Closing Remarks